BvS Is anyone else not excited about Superman and Batman? I feel nothing but dread.

[regwec]

I kind of agree. I think Marvel sprinkles on 'substance' in the same way that Disney uses a peppering of humour to keep parents awake.

 

[Ita-KalEl]

I'm excited about the movie.
At WB they did exactly what I thought about a 100% successful Superman sequel. Now it sure that the Tomb Raider curse it will not happen. Superman/Batman will do at least 800m ww if not a lot more.

My doubts:

1) The movie can not be focused on the Superman Vs Batman battle. Too stupid to be real. Of course they need to fight, but maybe at the beginning, like it happened in the Avengers, then they need to team up to fight a common villain.
The World's Finest of Steve Rude and Dave Gibbons could be a perfect inspiration.


2) For the general public Batman is the Batman of the Nolan's trilogy. All my friends are expecting Bale in the movie. Of course it will not happen.
The cast and the portrait of the character is crucial for the success of a movie.
Infact at marvel/disney all they future billions are hostage of robert downey jr's mood.


If I were at WB I would decide for a recast a la Batman Forever. A lot of people does not understand why Batman Forever was successful despite the terrible Director. The reason was that BF was a hybrid and still had a lot of elements of the Burton's movies (Alfred, the batcave and the batsuit). Then Schumacher forced his hand on Batman and Robin and we know how much terrible it was.

In some way it was the same story of Richard Lester and the Superman franchise. His contribution in Superman II was very good, because his humor mixed very well with the dramatic tone of the Donner's movie. His Superman (Supes III) was only a pathetic comedy with a superhero inside.

So, please WB, try to cast a credible batman, use the same atmosphere of Nolan's trilogy, maybe the same sets, recast Michael Caine as Alfred and everything will go well.

 

[Herolee10]

With the recent buzz about Snyder meeting up with Miller regarding the next Superman film, this other set of news probably won't make people feel any bit better.

A Superman Homepage source managed to speak to Zack Snyder yesterday, and put to him the concerns of some Superman fans, with Snyder remarking, "It's too early for me to discuss the film. However, regardless of how I feel about Superman, ultimately I have to go along with the direction that Warner Bros. thinks is best".

Source: Supermanhomepage



So I guess that probably adds to the theory that this new film was probably more Warner Bros’s idea than it was Snyder’s and that this wasn’t how things were originally planned out in terms of the future for MOS.

And given that it’s more than just a strong possibility that Warner Bros. views Batman as their prodigy than they do Batman, given his recent success, it wouldn’t be surprising if they have Snyder portray Batman being superior to Superman in the same way on how Fox seems to favor Wolverine over the likes of Cyclops.

 

[jmc]

Wouldn't surprise me in the least if that's true.

 

[flickchick85]

That "dread" in the thread title is starting to creep into my feelings as well. I mean, I already had a degree of trepidation about the initial announcement (since I wanted a full blown Superman sequel) while still being excited about the potential of these two icons on the big screen together for the first time, but every new little tidbit we've heard about this has made it sound worse to me.

 

[marcvader]

I was hoping to get a full-blown sequel to MOS

 

[jmc]

I'll be honest, this sounds like such a small detail but to me the reason to be apprehensive about this film is frankly the logo they used during the Comic-Con announcement. For such a massive announcement you want to depict an image that represents the film you're going to make, instead what we got looked as if it was thrown together at the last minute. If such little thought was put into a simple logo announcing the film then it's honestly hard to be confident this film is being made for the right reasons. That's the question we have to ask - is this film being made for the right reasons? If it's not then we're in trouble.

 

[Poni_Boy]

I'll be honest, this sounds like such a small detail but to me the reason to be apprehensive about this film is frankly the logo they used during the Comic-Con announcement. For such a massive announcement you want to depict an image that represents the film you're going to make, instead what we got looked as if it was thrown together at the last minute. If such little thought was put into a simple logo announcing the film then it's honestly hard to be confident this film is being made for the right reasons. That's the question we have to ask - is this film being made for the right reasons? If it's not then we're in trouble.

Everything about that announcement was a last minute decision and I invoke "liar, liar, pants on fire" to anyone saying otherwise.

1) A quick Photoshop logo

2) Reading a passage from The Dark Knight Returns (not because it will be used in the movie or set its tone, but because it was the first one that comes to mind)

3) Not having Cavill on stage even though he was AT the Con

4) A two minute announcement after a two hour panel

5) NOTHING at the WB or DC booth to coincide with the announcement

It was a sloppy, and rushed over bit that was meant to get a quick WOW from the audience. Which at this point is exactly what I expect from the movie itself.

 

[TheFlamingCoco]

Everything about that announcement was a last minute decision and I invoke "liar, liar, pants on fire" to anyone saying otherwise.

1) A quick Photoshop logo

2) Reading a passage from The Dark Knight Returns (not because it will be used in the movie or set its tone, but because it was the first one that comes to mind)

3) Not having Cavill on stage even though he was AT the Con

4) A two minute announcement after a two hour panel

5) NOTHING at the WB or DC booth to coincide with the announcement

It was a sloppy, and rushed over bit that was meant to get a quick WOW from the audience. Which at this point is exactly what I expect from the movie itself.

MOS was flawed, but it has had more production time/post than MOS2 appears to have.

Add to it that WB just wants a quick and convenient movie to transition into Rushtice League, and we might not see a DCu unless JL is a financially successful MASTERPIECE (and a positive critical score could help).

 

[Smallville13]

With the recent buzz about Snyder meeting up with Miller regarding the next Superman film, this other set of news probably won't make people feel any bit better.




Source: Supermanhomepage



So I guess that probably adds to the theory that this new film was probably more Warner Bros’s idea than it was Snyder’s and that this wasn’t how things were originally planned out in terms of the future for MOS.

And given that it’s more than just a strong possibility that Warner Bros. views Batman as their prodigy than they do Batman, given his recent success, it wouldn’t be surprising if they have Snyder portray Batman being superior to Superman in the same way on how Fox seems to favor Wolverine over the likes of Cyclops.

Jesus. Why is it not getting any easier to start to look forward to this movie?

 

[DvilDog]

I swear you guys and ladies give me ulcers. I'm stoked for this. Superman and Batman together! Hell I'm not even a fanboy and that sounds like a wet dream. Not that there aren't a lot of valid points being thrown around but all I see is half glass empty pessimistic views. I for one loved MOS, I don't know whether that makes me simple minded or just easy to please. It wasn't perfect but I can tell you I certainly enjoyed it more than any film in the TDK Trilogy. Maybe I just don't have the IQ to understand. Or I guess I'm just a blind superman fan. Guess I need to bounce out of here again, cause ya'll are just depressing me.

 

[Hurm...]

All you need to know is the title, Batman vs. Superman, to know that this is strictly a cash grab.

 

[Herolee10]

I swear you guys and ladies give me ulcers. I'm stoked for this. Superman and Batman together! Hell I'm not even a fanboy and that sounds like a wet dream. Not that there aren't a lot of valid points being thrown around but all I see is half glass empty pessimistic views. I for one loved MOS, I don't know whether that makes me simple minded or just easy to please. It wasn't perfect but I can tell you I certainly enjoyed it more than any film in the TDK Trilogy. Maybe I just don't have the IQ to understand. Or I guess I'm just a blind superman fan. Guess I need to bounce out of here again, cause ya'll are just depressing me.

Well, I'm not sure about others but I'll gladly give my input as to why a good amount of people here don't see or have any reason to be exactly happy in seeing this film to come fruition.

1. One of the folks over at Supermhomepage just talked with Snyder who just pretty much confirmed that regardless of what he may think about Superman, that this new film and its direction will be decided by Warner Bros, who are all about the money and to them, Batman has made more money than Superman (which is sadly true as well).

2. Snyder is going to meet with Miller, of all people, to talk about this new film. You do realize that Miller was responsible for characterizing Superman in a very infamous way in his "The Dark Knight Returns" comic book arc where Superman was nothing more than a government stooge that did anything, even if it was immoral, for the sake of the country and government right?

3. Superman has had a long history where he has been portrayed very poorly and as a lesser being than batman in past interpretations where they've been together on screen, namely the animation department.


Do I really need to go on about this?

 

[Andreth]

That "dread" in the thread title is starting to creep into my feelings as well.

ugh, all this dread is getting to me too.
MoS wasn't that good to begin with and now all I see are more red flags:

• Using a TDKR quote to announce the movie
• Snyder's pessimistic quote
• Snyder meeting with Frank Miller for "advice"

 

[Herolee10]

ugh, all this dread is getting to me too.
MoS wasn't that good to begin with and now all I see are more red flags:

• Using a TDKR quote to announce the movie
• Snyder's pessimistic quote
• Snyder meeting with Frank Miller for "advice"

 

[Poni_Boy]

MOS was flawed, but it has had more production time/post than MOS2 appears to have.

Add to it that WB just wants a quick and convenient movie to transition into Rushtice League, and we might not see a DCu unless JL is a financially successful MASTERPIECE (and a positive critical score could help).

They lost me at the 'Superman is the first costumed hero to exist in this universe and everyone else suits up as a response to that.' Which means they've completely changed the motivation of Bruce Wayne becoming Batman. No thanks. I have two Batman series I love, Nolan's and Burton's. You guys can have this one

 

[TheFlamingCoco]

They lost me at the 'Superman is the first costumed hero to exist in this universe and everyone else suits up as a response to that.' Which means they've completely changed the motivation of Bruce Wayne becoming Batman. No thanks. I have two Batman series I love, Nolan's and Burton's. You guys can have this one

Or maybe they just come out of the closet. BESIDES, Superman is DC's first superhero, possibly of all comics. I don't mind the new movie universe referencing that.

 

[BatLobster]

Do we know for certain that the Snyder quote is real?

Idk, seems kinda fishy to me. Even though this most likely is a studio mandate, I don't see him as the type of guy who would throw WB under the bus and kind of point the finger at them publicly. It's sending out bad signals about the film so early in the game, which is not very professional.

 

[Poni_Boy]

It's not Snyder it's Goyer (the guy writing MOS2 and supposedly JL)

"In our world, the Man of Steel world, Zack has gone on record saying that we’re implying there are other superheroes in this world. But I don’t know that they’ve come forward yet. The idea is that Superman is the first one. There might be people helping people, but not in costumes, and that Superman comes forward and announces himself to the world. In him announcing himself, he’s the one that changes things."

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/06...steels-story-causes-the-justice-league-movie/

Which in itself means that every other costumed hero suits up as a direct response to Superman's coming out party. I'm not ok with that. Batman's motivation to do his thing should have absolutely nothing to do with anyone else except his parents.

 

[TheFlamingCoco]

^ I don't like that idea. I'd rather they all be costumed heroes with their own internal cities/areas, with unconnected origins who happen to think more globally in response to Superman, who is the first to show himself publicly to the world.

 

[Herolee10]

Do we know for certain that the Snyder quote is real?

Idk, seems kinda fishy to me. Even though this most likely is a studio mandate, I don't see him as the type of guy who would throw WB under the bus and kind of point the finger at them publicly. It's sending out bad signals about the film so early in the game, which is not very professional.

Well Supermanhompage is a pretty reliable and well established site so i don't see why it would necessarily be false info.

 

[BatLobster]

Oh no, I meant this quote from today:

"It's too early for me to discuss the film. However, regardless of how I feel about Superman, ultimately I have to go along with the direction that Warner Bros. thinks is best".

Completely unrelated to what you guys were talking about, sorry.

Well Supermanhompage is a pretty reliable and well established site so i don't see why it would necessarily be false info.

Yeah. That's pretty crazy. Pretty much a direct confirmation that this is a studio mandate. That is a rather worrying quote. It's as if he's trying to deflect the blame for the film preemptively.

 

[Poni_Boy]

That is quite possibly the worst thing Snyder could have said about this project. It's the ultimate, unabashed scapegoat. Jesus

 

[Herolee10]

Oh no, I meant this quote from today:



Completely unrelated to what you guys were talking about, sorry.



Yeah. That's pretty crazy. Pretty much a direct confirmation that this is a studio mandate. That is a rather worrying quote. It's as if he's trying to deflect the blame for the film preemptively.

Indeed.

Honestly, I think it would have been better for him if he had not taken the gig.

This could hurt his career even worse than what Sucker Punch did to it.

 

[JackMercy]

Do we know for certain that the Snyder quote is real?

Idk, seems kinda fishy to me. Even though this most likely is a studio mandate, I don't see him as the type of guy who would throw WB under the bus and kind of point the finger at them publicly. It's sending out bad signals about the film so early in the game, which is not very professional.

Doesn't sound so fishy when compared to Snyder's quote a few months back: "I think Superman should get a little further down the road [before a Justice League film]."

What is weird about Superman Homepage's assertion is that the newest quote attributed to Snyder sounds very much like something he would reveal, but only in confidence (i.e. not intended for public dispersal).

I'm wondering if SH had formal "permission" to run with this or not...